Understanding means engaging with people and asking them these questions and it is through understanding that we can promote social and behavioral change. This is especially important when understanding why persons living with HIV (PLHIV) may choose to adhere with their antiretroviral therapy regime or not.

The USAID, Afya Yangu (My Health) Northern (AYN) Project has embraced this challenge and deployed human centred design (HCD) as a method of engaging with PLHIV to understand their decision making around ART compliance or non-compliance. The B-OK Kit and animation video were developed in earlier phases of the AYN Project. These visual tools explain how antiretrovirals (ARVs) work in the body and encourage ARV adherence for PLHIV to maintain good health and viral suppression. The tools themselves were developed by understanding why people either do or do not comply with their ART regime. This next phase of the AYN Project aims to explore how people in the community understand these tools and their efficacy in encouraging PLHIV to stay on ARTs.